Thursday, November 16, 2006

Arnold Schönberg - Pierrot Lunaire op.21 and Erste Kammersymphonie op.9

I'm posting this release, not for the Pierrot Lunaire, but for Schönberg's First Chamber Symphony (track 22). If you do wish to find out more about the former, you can follow this link.

Now, about the Chamber Symphony... I've been listening to this 21 minute piece of disturbing, yet immensely beautiful music for several years, and it really gets much better at every hearing. One of the first major works of modernist classical music, it can be well positioned besides Satie or Debussy. A big difference, however, is that this piece has a much harsher, more 20th century feel to it. On May 7th 2005, BBC radio aired an interesting 30 minute show about it (basically a musical analysis) which you can listen to in stream format here. I'll also post an mp3 recording of it shortly, in case you'd want to keep it for the future.

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posted by Paxjorge @ Thursday, November 16, 2006 2 comments

Friday, November 10, 2006

Musique de la Grèce antique

riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodiero vicus of recirculation back to Pax Castle and Hierusalaam.

Even though music was an essential part of ancient Greek life and culture, as numerous literary and artistic references indicate, practically nothing remains of it today. However, thanks to extensive scholarship (commencing with Atansius Kircher in the Renaissance) and a shrewd use of the imagination, it appears to have become possible to approximate the music that was played at the time of the great Greek tragedies and comedies. Do give this release a try, as it really is some pretty interesting material. More info is provided in the rar file itself. Hope you like it...

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Track 2 (MIR)

Track 13 (MIR)

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posted by Paxjorge @ Friday, November 10, 2006 18 comments